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Author: Greg Bear
Year: 1997
Type: NOVEL
Series: Queen of Angels
Series Number: 4
ISFDB Record Number: 8549
Note: Sometimes referred to as Slant to reduce confusion, the Library of Congress data states: "The title consists solely of the slant sign". Original working title of the novel was Country of the Mind. The British Orbit version simply states "Slant" on title page although it shows the "/" on cover and spine in addition.
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Variant Titles:
- Slant (1997) - Greg Bear
- Het Rijk van de Geest [Dutch] (1998) - Greg Bear
- /Slant [Italian] (1998) - Greg Bear
Awards:
- 1998 John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Second Place (Place: 2)
- 1998 Locus Poll Award - Best SF Novel (Place: 6)
Publications:
- Slant, (Jun 1997, Greg Bear, publ. Legend, 0-09-935081-5, £16.99, 491pp, hc) Cover: Jim Burns
- /, (Jul 1997, Greg Bear, publ. Tor, 0-312-85517-6, $24.95, 349pp, hc) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
- /, (Dec 1997, Greg Bear, publ. Tor / SFBC, #18384, $10.98, 396pp, hc) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
- Het Rijk van de Geest, (1998, Greg Bear, publ. Meulenhoff (M=SF #351), 90-290-5645-2, 479pp, tp)
- /, (Jun 1998, Greg Bear, publ. Tor, 0-812-52482-9, $6.99, 505pp, pb) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
- Slant, (Jun 1998, Greg Bear, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-611-4, £6.99, 555pp, pb) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
- /Slant, (Jun 1998, Greg Bear, publ. Editrice Nord (Cosmo Serie Oro. Classici della Narrativa di Fantascienza #171), 88-429-1036-8, 26,000 Lit, 480pp, tp)
- /, (Oct 2006, Greg Bear, publ. Tor, 0-812-52482-9, $6.99, 505pp, pb) Cover: Jim Burns
- /, (Jul 2010, Greg Bear, publ. Orb, 978-0-765-32526-6, $14.99, 350pp, tp) Cover: Jim Burns
- /, (date unknown, Greg Bear, publ. Tor, 0-812-52482-9, $6.99, 506pp, pb) Cover: Jim Burns - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by David Langford (1997) in Foundation, #70 Summer 1997
- Review by Curt Wohleber (1997) in Science Fiction Weekly, 26 Jul 1997
- Review by Russell Letson (1997) in Locus, #440 September 1997
- Review by D. Douglas Fratz (1997) in Science Fiction Age, September 1997
- Review by Faren Miller (1997) in Locus, #440 September 1997
- Review by Brian Stableford (1997) in Vector 195
- Review by Paul J. McAuley (1997) in Interzone, #124 October 1997
- Review by Alex von Thorn (1998) in SF Site, September 1998, (1998)
- Review by Tom Easton (1998) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1998
- Review by Bill Sheehan (1998) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 1998
- Review by Norman Spinrad (1998) in Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1998
- Review by Paul Di Filippo (1998) in Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1998
- Review by Colin Steele (2001) in SF Commentary, #77